Yep... you understand..... Thanks for the reply..... Now I just need to find samples or figure out how to do just that.. Thanks Ernest

Correct: This list box is already populated using a SQL stmt. User can currently select an item in the dropdown. The fields in the list box are ID=1d, and Value=Name which is displayed to user. The SQL stmt returns: ID - Name - Dept. I need an onchange event that will populate another text box "Dept" with the 3rd column of the list box "Dept". Thanks Ernest

I have a listbox "Employee" that is pouplated with a SQL stmt. In the SQL stmt, I can SELECT ID, Name, Dept, Etc. The listbox shows the "ID - 25" and "Value -Name". I do not need to see any additional information in the listbox, but I need a javascript function to populate a textbox "Dept" with the "Dept value" that was retreived with the SQL stmt. Ernest